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T. S. BROWN. MOWER.

No. 522,314. Patented July 3, 1894.

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ATENT THOMAS S. BROWN, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE`ADRIANOE, PLATT da COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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To aZZJ/ uvhom t maycomerm I Se it known that I, THOMAS S. BROWN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Poughkeepsie, in the county ofDutchess and State of New York, have invented new and useful'Improvements in Mowers, of which the follow- 1ng is a specification.- vThis invention relates to that class of mowlng machines in which thefinger bar projects laterally from the grainward side of the machine andwhich are employed in some cases merely as mowing machines for cuttinggrass, and in otherV cases as grain harvesters with manual delivery.,l l

One part of my invention relates to simple devices whereby 'theauxiliary seat is supported,which is arranged over the grainward wheelof the machine.

Another part of vmy invention relates to a simple device Afor firmlyadjusting the position 'of the hand lifting lever whereby the height ofthe cut is regulated,

Another'part'of my inventionrelates to the construction Yof the draftpole and has the obz ject toenable the horses' to walk in the wheel jtracks and preventthem from walking on the out grass or grain. l

In the accompanying drawings consisting of three 'sheetsz-#Figure l is atopplan view of amowing machine provided with a manual delivery andembodying my improvements. Fig. 2;'is a top plan view, on an enlargedscale, of the devices whereby the auxiliary seat is supported, andadjacent parts. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the sleeve'which supportsthe standard of the auxiliary seat and of the bearing with which thatsleeve is connected. Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation, on anenlarged scale, yof the machine viewed from the grainward side and withthe grainward ground wheel removed. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of thetwo seats and supporting parts. Fig. Gis aV vertical longitudinalsection through the main seat and its supports in l'ine 6 6, Fig. 5.Fig. 'Z is a fragmentary sectional side elevationof' the'hand liftinglever and its adjustable support. Fig. 8 is a vertical section in line88,`Fig. 7. i

Like letters of reference refer to like parts 5o in the several figures.

.A represents the mainv frame, a 0. the

V gag lever.

ratentrivo. 522,314, daten July 3,1894.

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ground wheels, a? the axle on which these wheels are mounted; B thecoupling bar and b hthe braces constituting with the coupling bar thecoupling frame; O the linger bar projecting laterally from the grainwardside of the` machine@ the inner shoe and cthe outer shoe.

D represents the main seat arranged in rear of the main frame and drepresents the seat .stan dard bywhich the seat is attached to a rockshaft d which is arranged parallel with the main axle and journaled inbearings d2 formed on the rear portion of the main frame. This seatstandard extends upwardly and rearwardly from the rock shaft and isconnected at its upper end to the under side of the seat by a transversepivot di so that the standard can change its angle with reference to theseat. v E representsarestraining rod which is arranged in front of theseat standard and parallel therewith, or nearly so, and which isconnected at its upper end bya transverse pivot e`to the front portionof the seat, on the under side thereof, and with its lower end to therear portion of the main frame by a transverse pivot e. When the seat isrigidly secured to the seat standard, as in my above mentioned LettersPatent, the seat changes its angle with reference to thephorizon as thestandard rocks back and forth which is in? convenient for the driver.yThis isprevented by the restraining rod E which holds the seat insubstantially the same level position at all elevations. Y

f represents an arm projecting upwardly from the rock'shaft, F an elbowlever pivoted to a bracket f formed on the adjacent side of the mainframe, f? a rod connecting the G the gag lever pivoted upon the couplingbar, and g the chain connecting the lower arm of the elbow lever withthe long arm of the The latter bears with its short arm upon the innershoe in a well knownvmanner. These parts are arranged, .as described inmy Letters Patent referred to, so that the backward movement of 4theseat causes a downward movement of the short arm of the gag lever and acorresponding elevation of the linger bar.

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. 9 armfwith the upper arm of this elbow lever,

Il represents the lifting hand lever pivoted at its front end to asegment h secured tothe rear portion of the pole I. This lever extendsfrom its pivot rearwardly on the right hand side of the main seat D, andis provided with the usual locking bolt which enters a notch h in thesegment h when the le- Ver is in its elevated position. h2 represents asegment secured to the lever near its fulcrum and h3 the chainconnecting this segment with the rear brace b of the coupling frame, sothat, when the driver swings the lever upwardly the coupling frame israised and the seat is depressed.

K represents a depending supporting bar attached to the hand lever H,preferably above the hub j of the elbow lever F, and resting with itslower end upon this hub or upon some other suitable support on the mainframe. The lower end of this supporting bar is made concave, as shown inFigs. 7 and 8, to straddle the hub or other support and so hold itselfin place thereon. This bar is attached to the lifting lever by a bolt 7cwhich is passed through one of a vertical series of holes k formed inthe bar, and whereby the latter can be adjusted vertically on the leverand the height at which the coupling frame is supported can be morenicely regulated than by notches formed in the segment h. Furthermore,this bar enables the driver to bring the lifting lever, without anyparticular attention on his part, back to the same position to which ithad been adjusted for holding the finger bar at the desired height ofcnt.

L represents a bearing projecting laterally from the grainward side ofthe main frame and supporting the main axle near the grainward wheel a.

L represents a sleeve surrounding the axle between this bearing and theadjacent ground wheel and held against turning on the axle bya tongue lformed on the upper side of the bearing and entering a recess Z in theover lapping inner portion of the sleeve. The latter is provided on itsupper side with a bracket m to which is secured the lower end of astandard M which extends upwardly on the inner side of ground wheel aand outwardly above the same and supports above this wheel the auxiliaryseat N which is occupied by the operator attending to the manual delivery device.

fn represents a horizontal brace which extends forwardly from thebracket m, along the inner side of the ground wheel a and terminates infront of the latter in a foot rest or stirrup n.

n represents a curved brace which connects the front end of thehorizontal brace with the upper end of the standard M. This brace coversthe upper front portion of the tread of the wheel and serves at the sametime as a wheel guard. By this means the auxiliary seat is supportedupon the main frame in a very simple and reliable manner, while theseseat su pporting devices can be omitted,with out changing any other partof the machine, when the machine is to be used simply as a mowingmachine and not as a grain harvester with manual delivery.

P represents the toothed head of the manual delivery device attached tothe upper side of the linger bar by transverse pivots p p and providedatits inner end with an inwardly projecting arm p2 which carries astirrup 2J in convenient reach of the operator who occupies theauxiliary seat. This head is arranged in the usual manner, so that theoperator, by pressing his foot down upon the stirrup of the arm p2,holds the toothed head in a rearwardly ascending position, until asuicient amount of grain has accumulated thereon, when he releases thearm p2 and thereby allows the head to drop down into a horizontalposition, or nearly so, in which the accumulated grain is raked one. bythe oper ator.

The draft pole is attached to the main frame by a transverse pivot q, asrepresented in Fig. 8, or otherwise. The rear portion of the polecarries the hand lifting lever, as hereinbefore described. In order toenable the horses to walk in the track of the wheels, and prevent themfrom walking on the cut grass or grain outside of the wheel tracks, thepole is arranged obliquely, as represented in Fig. l, and extendsforwardly from the main frame toward the stubbleward side of the machineat such an angle that its front end, to which the neck yoke R isattached, is located about in the center line of the machine. The poleis provided near the main frame with a bracket S projecting toward thestubbleward side of the machine and supporting the evencr T at a pointlocated in the center line of the machine. t is a brace extending fromthe pivot of the evencr rearwardly to the pole. T represents the whifletrees hung to the ends of the evencr at points located over the wheeltracks.

This construction and arrangement of the parts place the horses in thewheel tracks, provide a continuous pole, support the hand and footlevers on the rear portion of the pole on the right hand side of thedriver and provide a neck yoke hung at its middle whereby the weight isevenly divided between the horses.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination with the main frame, groundwheels and axle, of a scat arranged over one of the ground wheels, asleeve mounted loosely on the axle adjacent to such ground wheel andinterlocked with the main frame to prevent the sleeve from turning, anda scat standard secured with its lower end to said sleeve and connectedwith its upper end to said seat, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the main frame, ground wheels and axle, ofabearingproject- IIO IZO

ing from the main frame toward one of said ground wheels, a sleevemounted loosely on vthe axle between said. bearing and ground t groundwheels, and interlocked with the main frame to prevent turning, aseatarranged over such ground wheel, a standard supporting the seat onsaid sleeve, a curved brace extending from the seat downwardly over thefrontside of the wheel, and a horizontal brace which said supportin gbar rests, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the main frame, coupling frame, finger bar andthe hand lifting lever extending rearwardly from its fulcrum, of asupporting bar provided witha vertical Series of openings, a boltpassing through one of said openings and connecting the bar to thelifting lever, and a support on the main frame on which said bar rests,substantially as set forth.

6. The combination with the main frame and laterally projecting fingerbar, of an obliquely arranged draft pole having its rear end secured tothe main frame near the grainward side thereof and having its front endarranged in the center .line of the machinev and provided with a bracketwhich supports the evener in the center line of the machine, 45

substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 16th day of March, 1893.

THOMAS S. BROWN. Witnesses: Y

STEPHEN G. GUERNSEY, WILLIAM M. KETCHAM.

